Improvement in boots and shoes



K6) PRESTON WARE, Jr.

= v I lmprnvemen t in Boots and No. 122,085.

Shoes. Patented Decui 1871.

l NITE PRESTON WARE JR, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,085, dated December19, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PRESTON WARE, Jr., of Boston,'in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure 1 represents a sectional side view of my I invention. Fig. 2is a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates.particularly to an improvement in the manufactureof inachinemade, doublesoled, or cork sole boots and shoes; and saidimprovement consists in the arrangement of a cushion in combination withthe outer sole, the double or cork'sole, the inner sole and the upper,in such amanner that said cushion, being pressed tightly to the upperbetween the inner sole and the stitched Welt or outer sole, preventsWater from passing in between itand the upper, While the cork or doublesole protects the foot against dampness if the outer sole should getwet.

-leather cord for the filling I sometimes use a cotton cord, felt, or ailat piece of leather; or the filling may be omitted entirely and a rowot'stitch es made close to thefold. When the cushion has been thusprepared, I last the boot or shoe in the usual manner, by preference onan iron-plated last; then I tack the cushion around the edge of the bootor shoe, with the cordededge next to the upper, E; then 1 fitthe doubleor cork sole B nicely between the corded edges, bringing the edge of thecork sole close up to the cord, as shown in Fig. 2, and on the bottomsurface of the cork sole I place a stitched welt, 0, being made of asimple strip of leather, with stitches nearit-s outer edge, said stripbeing so adjusted that the fi stitches project t side the corded edgeand fasten the same, together 'i\ ith"the"d5iible or cork sole andcushion, to the inner sole by means of a Towsend screw-machine or bypegs, nails,-or a McKay sewingmachine. Finally, I put on the outer sole1), and screw, peg, or sew through the whole. The cushion A beingpressed tightly to the upper between the inner sole stitched welt andouter sole, prevents water passing between it and the upper, and beingadhered together by shellac or other water-resisting substance it isprevented from absorbing moisture, and by the cork sole the foot isprotected against dampness it the outer sole should get wet. It isobvious that for the cork sole a sole of any other desirable materialcan be substituted.

By my process a cork sole or double-sole boot 0r shoe can be produced atone-half the cost of an ordinary hand-sewed article, and my boots andshoes are equally handsome, comfortable and durable.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by, Letters Patent, is-

The cushion A, made as herein described, and arranged in relation to thecork or double sole B, stitched-welt C, and outer sole D, substantiallyin the manner set forth.

PRESTON WARE, JR. 1

Witnesses:

WILLIAM B. GREENOUGH,

CHANNrNe LILLY. (16)

